Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Lespedeza violacea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lespedeza violacea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Lespedeza intermedia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-27-009:
Lespedeza intermedia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lespedeza violacea
COMMON NAME:
Wand Lespedeza, Wandlike Bush-clover, Violet Bush-clover
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JK Marlow jkm190802_0473
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190825_0936
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Leaflets (1.3-) 1.8-3 (-3.5)x long as wide, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm190825_0938
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Legumes strigose, those produced by chasmogamous flowers 5-7mm long, per Leguminosae (Fabaceae), vol 3, part 2, Vascular flora of the southeastern United States (Isely, 1990).
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JK Marlow jkm180903_4496
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180903_4497
September Greenville County SC
Pubescence of the stem appressed, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm180903_4498
September Greenville County SC
Flowers in dense racemes. Keel petals usually shorter than the wing petals, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm220909_9802
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm220909_9803
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_lespedeza_violacea_1
September Catawba County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_lespedeza_violacea_1b
September Catawba County NC
Upper surface of leaflets glabrous (sometimes strigose along midrib only), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_lespedeza_violacea_2
September Catawba County NC
Uppermost flowers commonly exceed their subtending leaves; lower flowers don't, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_lespedeza_violacea_3
September Catawba County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Lespedeza violacea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lespedeza violacea
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Lespedeza intermedia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-27-009:
Lespedeza intermedia
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lespedeza violacea
809
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: woodlands and woodland borders, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Mostly alternate
Stipules are persistent.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Purplish/ Light violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, diadelphous, 9 and 1
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p064
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p340
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p037
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p135
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p172
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p083